Charleston Pony wrote:So at # 282 NET we are the lowest ranked team in the AAC. Jackson State sits at # 315 despite the fact they beat us on our home court. Evansville is appropriately behind us at # 317 and Lamar is at # 343 while A&M Commerce is well ahead of us at # 203.The question is whether this team will make a run at those 6 win seasons under Bliss and Shumate that were the worst in all the years I've followed SMU basketball
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketbal ... t-rankings
There's no question at all - this team is far worse than those Schumate teams that won 6-7 games.
Their schedule was significantly harder than what these guys are playing. Their OOC in 94 included 2 top 5 teams (Arkansas National Champs and Kansas), the top half of the big 8 conference (OU, OSU, Mizzou, and Kansas), along with USC. Then they had to play the SWC schedule (Texas, Tech, Baylor, TCU, Houston, etc). In 1993 it was not any easier with 4 top 10 teams and having to play Kansas twice. No comparison to this year at all. It was labeled as a "Fire the Coach" schedule - and that's exactly what happened.
'94 team Poerner, Troy Matthews, Jemeil Rich, Erion Harris, Jabari Hearn, and Matt Timme would dominate this current crew on the court. Add in Gatewood and Chad Allen from the 1993-94 team and it would be even worse.
And I say this as no fan of Schumate.